Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723)

Portrait of Carey, Countess of Peterborough (d. 1709), three-quarter-length, in a blue dress and a red mantle, on a terrace

Details

Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723)
Portrait of Carey, Countess of Peterborough (d. 1709), three-quarter-length, in a blue dress and a red mantle, on a terrace
with identifying inscription
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)
in an early 18th Century carved and gilded frame

Provenance

Probably bought by William, 2nd Baron Bolton (1782-1850), Hackwood Park, Basingstoke, Hampshire and by descent to
William, 5th Baron Bolton (1869-1944), by whom sold to
William, 1st Viscount Camrose (1879-1954), and by descent.

Lot Essay

The sitter was the daughter of Sir Alexander Fraser of Dotes, physician to King Charles II. She married, c. 1678, Charles Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Monmouth and 3rd Earl of Peterborough. Her husband was one of the major military figures in the reigns of William and Mary and commander-in-chief of the forces in Spain under Queen Anne.

See note to lot 734 for details of the Hampton Court Beauties.

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